Thank you, Madam Chair. There are some general directions laid out in the STI document that was in this House for discussion. It will better guide the services we have in place with nurses and social workers and public health nurses and the folks dealing on the frontlines in the communities with individuals, to be more vigilant and to be more assertive in dealing with the issue of right choices, safe sex, those types of things.

As well, we've indicated there is work going on with Education, Culture and Employment to revise curriculum. We have buy-in from the Dene Nation, the Status of Women and Native Women's to work with us as we look at the communities to see how we can be more effective in promotion and prevention. We are also looking at the protocols that currently exist in the health facilities to make sure that we have the best protocols necessary to deal with the individual who comes in who may have an infection, as well as making sure that we can follow the contacts so we can try to be as effective as possible.

One of the issues now is it's often difficult to get individuals to provide the contacts of their partners. It tends to grow exponentially if there isn't that kind of extra work done to track down the other people who may be infected. The Member is very correct that we have escaped the rapid growth of HIV, but it has been more fortuitous and good luck than anything else. With the rates of sexually-transmitted infections, it is statistically a growing issue that may be upon us. Thank you.